Microscopic cog wrote:Recently got myself a Streetlight shirt, hoodie and their CD Somewhere in the Between.

Have you guys heard the acoustic versions of "Dear Sergio", "Somewhere in the Between" and "Forty Days"? They're absolutely amazing!

I know Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution (another Kalnoky side-project) recorded acoustic versions of "Dear Sergio" and "Here's to Life" on A Call to Arms, but where'd you hear acoustic versions of "Forty Days" and "Somewhere in the Between"?

Also, if you haven't already, get the BOTAR album. It's only 5 tracks, but if you like Streetlight you'll almost definitely like them.

Awesome, thanks for the links. He usually performs under the name Toh Kay when he does solo stuff. He even released an album under that name recently with Dan Potthast (under the name Dan P.) in which they each covered 5 of the other person's songs with no guidelines for what could and could not be changed. It's interesting. It's called You By Me: Volume 1.

I swear he's one of the more prolific artists of our time. He seems to be constantly busy with different projects.

If you like rap, or just really just good music in general (I really promise, just give it a try!), this band might not be on your radar, but should be:

Blue ScholarsTwo very intelligent young men coming out of my hometown, Seattle, WA. A lot of their content is focused on the plight of the third world, the unfortunate reality of race politics, and urban life. In particular, check out my favorite song No Rest for the Weary.

Hey Rosetta! (the exclamation mark is part of the band name)In particular, New Sum (Nous Sommes). They're a Canadian indie rock band that generally has a string section along with the normal instruments you expect from rock. I'm a fan.

Also, thanks for the Streetlight Manifesto recommendation. I never knew how much I liked Ska.

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addams wrote:How human of him. "If, they can do it, then, I can do it." Humans. Pfft. Poor us.

The Beautiful Girls - Fairly unknown Australian band, if you like surf/folk rock sounds (perfectly fitting for days/nights at the beach I could imagine even better with SO, but I don't know that from personal experience (yet)) Similar to Jack Johnson, Xavier Rudd,...

Trees on Fire. They're kind of a local band, but they've been touring up and down the east coast for a while now, I think, and my brother said he heard them in an airport all the way in Dullus (we live in Virginia). It's kind of electronic alt rock. I think. I'm not great at classifying music. Anyway, a lot of their music tends to actually have a message (they have a song about the revolt in Egypt, one about the Atchafalaya...) and my favorite song is probably Just Because, but then again, maybe it's not. You can listen to a few of their songs here.

Bright Eyes, indie rock band. I fell in love with Conor's voice and the emotions that I can fell in ever song. The lyrics are breathtaking, and will make sense after the third listening of the song My favourite song-a perfect sonnet.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured. -Kurt Vonnegut

MissAusten wrote:Bright Eyes, indie rock band. I fell in love with Conor's voice and the emotions that I can fell in ever song. The lyrics are breathtaking, and will make sense after the third listening of the song My favourite song-a perfect sonnet.

Can i second this? One of my favourite bands, although I've gone from hating certain songs to loving them... It's weird, I'd recommend everyone perseveres with this band, when you find one song you like you'll find the others more appealing.

For me the one that really stood out was Bowl of Oranges, (after having listened to the album Wide Awake and found it okay) it's just so lovely and... yeah, lovely. Some others you should definitely try Nothing Gets Crossed Out, Let's Not Shit Ourselves (it's basically an 8 minute song, but really don't let that put you off), At the Bottom of Everything, Take It Easy, Easy/Lucky/Free, Four Winds, Make a Plan to Love Me.

I'll leave it there I think. =P there's quite a lot of variety there, and that's missing out all the older stuff (it seems Miss Austen would be the person to consult on that)

I got into Bright Eyes through a friend who just kept pestering me, now really I do love it/them/him. It's really quite rewarding, although there are some infuriatingly awful lyrics among otherwise lovely songs, which took me a while to come to terms with, but it's good more often than not.

Seriously, give it ago, don't dismiss it as some twee indie as a few of my friend's have, and as I did.

My favorite band is Blue Oyster Cult and here's a link to one of their more famous songs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6rDWqjnW7w&feature=related

However I know a good band most people have probably never heard of called ensiferum. They are a folk/(primarily)metal band with a lot of good stuff and a lot of range. One of my favorite songs by them, sorry about the advertisement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12WPayHuDvY . Would have kept it to one band, but these guys really deserve a look.

http://youtu.be/cRKMsu10YjYI would have to say that this band was so progressive, and so unknow that they need to be listen to at least once by everyone who loves music. I found this band on a random music search through youtube space, and have enjoyed docking my headphones at their station for some time now. Enjoi and I use the spelling, "Enjoi," as a tribute to the skate company Enjoi.

I'd like to recommend a West Coast underground rapper: Aceyalone (member of the Freestyle Fellowship).

He's one of my favourite if not my overall favourite rapper - his flow is tight and original, his rhymes and lyrics are intricate, thought provoking clever and often abstract (contrary to most modern mainstream hip hop which is just a caricature of itself).

The theme from the TV show Mad Men is an instrumental version of his song "Beautiful Mind".

I would probably recommend The Faces

Spoiler:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YfnTEJntGA

, I Think

Spoiler:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRNbQqX5T-4

and Headaches and Woes

Spoiler:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6MaGsHH2kI

, but I could recommend multiple songs from almost all of his albums.

Great artist for people looking for something a little different and open to hip hop.

Daft Punk is one of the best artists to recommend, mostly in part because NO ONE hates them.[1]

As for my recommendations, I shall venture out a bit more into the realm of "up and coming" artists. All of these guys are from bandcamp.com, where I often scourge for good sounding music. (I'm also cheap, and like getting albums for less than $10.)

shoasa wrote:Daft Punk is one of the best artists to recommend, mostly in part because NO ONE hates them.[1]

Unfortunately, that's not true. My friend absolutely despises them. But he listens to Insane Clown Posse, so he can't express his opinion.

I don't really like either one of those.

neither do i,i tried listening to Daft Punk when everyone was raving about the Tron soundtrack, i just found every song really boring,they work great for a movie soundtrack, but as a piece of music to listen to on it's own.... boring.

Mix Norse mythology, excellent guitar work, and death grunting that's actually understandable and isn't screaming, and you've got a pretty solid band. I definitely like pointing them out to show people that you can have death grunting that doesn't sound like complete shit.

Recommended songs? Gods of War Arise, Arson, Bloodshed, and Friends of the Suncross come to mind. Finish up with Embrace of the Endless Ocean - in fact, if you don't listen to anything else of theirs, at least listen to Embrace of the Endless Ocean. I don't think I've ever heard a song paint a picture as well as that song does.